When I was a teenager, back in the "Olden Days" (Oops! 🙊 I accidentally outed my age on the internet again), I attended a Christian High-school and we were having a break from our regular weekly classes to participate in something called, "Special Emphasis Week". Several Christian schools met at a centrally located church and during the first morning we all assembled in the church's gymnasium for a talk.
It was a Youth Pastor giving the talk and at one point he was discussing something Jesus did then said,
"Jesus was one cool dude."
I turned to the lanky teenage boy sitting next to me with his arms crossed upon his chest and a frown on his face and ask him,
"Excuse me, but he just call the Lord, God Almighty a 'Cool Dude'?"
"Apparently." (He answered with a scowl)
I muttered to myself, "I wonder why he did that?"
The boy responded,
"He's trying to relate to us teenagers and appear relevant."
Let me tell you, we were NOT impressed.
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Now let's look at the Commandment which deals with what "Blasphemy" is.
"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."
(Exodus 20:7)
I think we can all agree that using God or Jesus Christ as swear words is Blasphemy, but the Bible actually states it is to use the Lord's name in a VAIN way that is what is a sin.
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I was listening to an interview of Christian Contempory singer, Lauren Daigle. She was making some waves on the secular music charts and was being interviewed by a non-Christian who was asking her why she sang about Jesus so much.
Her response?
"Because Jesus is my Boo"
I replayed it just to make sure I had heard her correctly.
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If you know anything about the Prosperity Gospel movement, the crux of it is the belief that if you ask for something "In the name of Jesus!" this somehow obligates the Lord to cough it up.
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And (here's the one that burns 🔥 me the most)
If you have a YouTube channel that has sermons and/or Christian songs and it is riddled with Ads you are using the name of the Lord in a vain (money-grubbing) way and basically "Making a Buck Off the Bible".
For example, I was watching a sermon on YouTube and the Preacher said,
"Jesus asked them this very serious question..."
THEN suddenly an Ad showed up and started with the words,
"Do you know how to get rid of stuck poop?"
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I think you're getting the gist of what I'm saying.
When we do not acknowledge who God, and His Son Jesus, really are and lose perspective on His majesty, divinity and holiness we will demean His name.
So, instead of feeling smug because we don't use God's name as a curse word, we need to examine just how huge or small we perceive God to be.
Here's some help.
"I AM the Alpha and Omega ..."
"Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”
(Revelation 4:8)
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"In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke."
(Isaiah 6:1-4)
Link to Isaiah all of chapter 6
Now back to Lauren Daigle for a moment.
I judged her very harshly for saying Jesus was her Boo and I was praying about it.
"Lord, I've said some pretty outrageous things to you throughout the years [47 years to be exact] and as we've grown in our intimacy I've called you some things that might not go down with my fellow Believers if they heard them. Maybe I should cut Lauren some slack."
His response was, "There is a vast difference between familiar and flippant, Laura-Lee."
I don't know where Lauren's heart was, but when I say something I feel is taking God's name in vain, I reset myself with the verses I've given you and end with,
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
(Isaiah 9:6-7)
Amen. 😌
The Truth with Love
Always Laura-Lee
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| Maybe YOU Could be a COOL DUDE like Jesus too. |
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